2,300 parents have done so. She said children are not penalized for not taking the tests.

L.I. Parents Opting Kids Out Of NYS Standardized Tests

“What the kids have to do is refuse to take the test and they’re scored as a 999, which is a no score. It doesn’t count against the district, doesn’t count against the student,” she said.

New York State Department of Education Associate Commissioner Ken Wagner issued the following statement Wednesday afternoon:

“Two years ago the Board of Regents announced that the State would begin testing students on more rigorous academic standards beginning this year. The goal is to make certain that all students are on track to succeed in college and meaningful careers when they graduate high school. Parents who keep their children from taking these tests are essentially saying, ‘I don’t want to know where my child stands, in objective terms, on the path to college and career readiness’ — and we think that that’s doing them a real disservice.”

Parents from around the nation are in Washington, D.C. this week to call for a boycott of standardized testing. The four-day “Occupy the Department of Education” event is organized by United Optout.